. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene formations of New Jersey. Fishes, Fossil; Paleontology; Geology. 26 CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY FISH. Teeth awl-shaped, rather sigmoid, without any basal cusps, roots unequal or nearly equal and approximated. Originally this genus was thought to be of uncertain relation. Woodward has suggested its relation with Heptranchias, point- ing out that the teeth are apparently referable to the symphysis of the upper jaw of that genus1. Provisionally, at least, I retain it as distinct. Xiphodolamia ensis Leidy. Xiphodolamia en
. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene formations of New Jersey. Fishes, Fossil; Paleontology; Geology. 26 CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY FISH. Teeth awl-shaped, rather sigmoid, without any basal cusps, roots unequal or nearly equal and approximated. Originally this genus was thought to be of uncertain relation. Woodward has suggested its relation with Heptranchias, point- ing out that the teeth are apparently referable to the symphysis of the upper jaw of that genus1. Provisionally, at least, I retain it as distinct. Xiphodolamia ensis Leidy. Xiphodolamia ensis Leidy, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) VIII, 1877, p. 252, PI. 34, figs. 25-30. Vincentown, Monmouth County, Burlington County, Allowaystown, N. J. Teeth slender, compressed laterally. Crown smooth, usually sigmoid, sabre-like in form, front edge sharp and hind border obtuse. Outer surface flat, inner convex. Cutting-edge entire. Apex erect, slender, sharp-pointed. No cusps. Root with both sides apparently approximated, so that ends are directed ob- liquely and parallel, and these sometimes nearly equal. Outer. Fig. 2.—Xiphodolamia ensis Leidy. 1, Allowaystown (Yarrow) ; 2-5, Mon- mouth Co. (Knieskern) ; 6, Burlington Co. (Abbott) ; 7-8, Vincentown (Bryan). surface depressed or concave, and inner bulging convexly, though inferiorly, inner surface also slopes down flattened. Length 28 mm. This species is known only from the above described paratypes. Formation and locality. I have examined Leidy's paratypes, doubtfully ascribed to the Cretaceous? of New Jersey. They 1 Cat. Foss. F. Brit. Mus., I, 1899, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fowler, Henry Weed, 1878-1965; Kümmel, Henry Barnard, 1867-. Trenton, N. J. : MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers
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